Song Yixiao regretted it when she said this, Pei Yourui had refused to marry twice before, even if she joked about Nie Wuying's marriage today, it didn't mean that she was relieved - sure enough, Pei Yourui just smiled, changed the topic and said: "It will be Ping'an'er's birthday in a few days, and I have been thinking about what to give in the past two days?" ”

"It's going to be winter soon, why don't you make something that can be used in the cold weather?" Song Yi followed with a smile.

Next, the two chatted for a while, and seeing that Nie Wuying hadn't come out yet, Song Yixiao also left.

Soon after she returned to the Yanguo Mansion, news came out of the palace that Emperor Xianjia personally went to Mingren Palace to obtain the consent of the Queen Mother, and succeeded the two kings of Wei and Zhao to the early deaths of King Su and King Xiang.

King Su is the eldest son of the Queen Mother and the first emperor, it is said that the King of Wei is older than the King of Zhao, and the successor to the name of King Su should be the King of Wei.

But Emperor Xianjia apparently preferred King Zhao among the two sons—presumably because of Empress Su—and in any case the Emperor succeeded King Zhao to King Su, and King Wei was credited to King Xiang.

At the same time, the king of Su was "Hui" and the king of Xiang was "Jing".

The situations that apply to "benefit" in the law are softness and kindness to the people, love for the people, and good harmony; "Jing" is the soft virtue of the public, the praise of oneself, and the end of the lenient order - to be honest, it is not very compatible with King Su and King Xiang, after all, Emperor Xianjia, the two brothers who died early, are famous in the world, and in the final analysis, they are still outstanding in military achievements and invincible.

The emperor gave them these two nicknames, not so much for his brother, but as a reminder to the two sons who succeeded in the past: let them lower their bodies and live a good life in the future, so as not to turn over old accounts after the prince came to power.

Although the government and the opposition knew that the emperor favored the eldest son, in order to pave the way for the eldest son, he did not hesitate to pass on his two sons, one of whom was still the only son-in-law, not to mention that the emperor only had a few sons, which still caused an uproar in the Manchu Dynasty.

It's just that the queen and the acting princess didn't say anything, although the others didn't know the inside story, they instinctively felt that something was wrong and didn't dare to speak. Only Qiu Shuxia, after several failed attempts to see Emperor Xianjia, still did not give up, retreated to the second, and asked to meet the Queen Mother.

"The matter of the succession has been nodded by the mourning family, if you want to mourn the family and let the emperor take back his life, it is impossible." After a short period of consideration, the Queen Mother ordered someone to take him to the Qingxi Palace, but she didn't wait for him to finish his salute and said, "Don't worry about this matter anymore, the queen is such a biological son, she didn't stand up and speak, what are you anxious about?" ”

Seeing that Qiu Shuxia was quite resentful in her expression, the Queen Mother lowered her face coldly, raised her hand to interrupt what he was about to say, "The emperor has no intention of being easy to lose, if this will not pass the King of Wei and the King of Zhao out, do you hope that the royal family will kill each other in the future?!" ”

sighed again, "This is also for the good of you people who have been involved in the seizure of the reserve, do you understand?" ”

Qiu Shuxia certainly understands - the prince's means are far inferior to Emperor Xianjia's back then, even with the emperor's unsparing support, his control over the court is still not good, so if Emperor Xianjia does not succeed the two sons who once endangered his throne, after the prince ascends the throne, in order to stabilize his position, the first thing must be to kill the two brothers and the supporters of the brothers!

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to be a new monarch with peace of mind!

This has nothing to do with whether the prince's temperament is generous or not, because even if the prince can't bear it, Gu Shao and the others will cut it first and then play it - they don't even need these courtiers to make a move, a single princess can definitely do this!

And now the emperor has made these two sons lose the possibility of inheriting the throne in a successive way, but it has also given the prince and his subordinates a reason and room for mercy.

Even Qiu Shuxia, the courtiers who have supported the seizure of the crown prince, will also get the opportunity to be lightly punished because of the emperor's move.

After all, the prince they supported before will have no hope of inheriting the unification, and the threat to the crown prince will naturally drop sharply, so whether it is to switch to the prince or to the prince and ask for release, there is always room for negotiation.

But Qiu Shuxia understands this truth, but it doesn't mean that he is willing: "It is the ancestral system to have a descendant......

"It's already done, what's the point of saying more?" The Queen Mother didn't raise her head, "It's okay if you complain a few words to the mourning family in Qingxi Palace, after all, you are my own nephew!" If you go to the side and say it, this is deliberately harming King Zhao, no, it's King Su, do you understand?! ”

The Queen Mother turned her face away and didn't let Qiu Shuxia see her expression, but there was still a whimper in her tone, "Do you think the mourning family is willing to represent the country?" But this world is the emperor's world after all! ”

Qiu Shuxia was taken aback: "Auntie, do you mean that the eldest princess of the country ...... her?" ”

"Exile Qiongzhou!" The Queen Mother supported the short table beside her, and the tears she endured finally fell, "Although Daiguo is the youngest daughter of the mourning family, her grandson is about to land, and she is not young after all-she has to travel thousands of miles to a distant place like Qiongzhou, they are gone, can the mourning family see them again in this life?!" Mourning ...... The mourning family now has two daughters! ”

Qiu Shuxia was stunned for a long time, and then she showed a depressed look: The queen mother can't even keep the acting princess of the pearl in her hand, let alone the grandchildren who are separated by a generation?

The fate of the eldest princess of the country spread out soon after, and the government and the opposition were more and more silent in addition to the accident.

"Isn't Your Highness going to intercede?" The next day, in the East Palace, the crown princess walked into the study with a heavy heart, "Now I know inside and out that my father and the emperor are going to exile Daiguo's aunt's family to Qiongzhou, and I am afraid it will be difficult to see each other today!" ”

The prince raised his head from behind the pile of official letters, rubbed his eyebrows, and said, "All retreat!" ”

The people who were waiting for all retreated outside, and he said, "Xisu, I won't lie to you: if it were other people, including the second and fourth brothers, I would have asked me to intercede with my father, and I would not be unwilling." After all, my father has carefully cultivated me for all these years, and I can't suppress my younger brothers, because I am incompetent, and I can't blame them for their big hearts. Only Aunt Daiguo, for the sake of my father, I promised not to touch her, but I really don't want her to be in the imperial capital! ”

The crown princess was not surprised when she heard this, and only reminded: "Why doesn't the concubine know the grievances of His Royal Highness?" But His Royal Highness has the right to think about his father - his father is the son of the emperor's grandmother after all, and the emperor's grandmother now only has one biological son under his knees! ”

Therefore, the emperor tried his best to protect the eldest princess of the country, in fact, it was not all out of brother and sister love, in the final analysis, it was also in consideration of the queen mother.

The prince refused to intercede with the eldest princess of the country, naturally because of Concubine Cui Guifei, but he felt sorry for his mother, but how could he not understand Emperor Xianjia's filial piety? Emperor Xianjia pit his mother, pit his wife, pit his sister, and secret. executed a concubine, and paid such a price to support the prince, but the prince refused to accommodate the emperor a little in the matter of the eldest princess of the country - although the second king of Wei and Zhao has been succeeded, and the prince's current position can no longer be shaken, but what will the emperor feel?

“…… You're right. The crown prince was finally convinced, "I will go and ask to see my father later." ”

The crown princess breathed a sigh of relief, cared about his body a few more words, and then retreated-before and after leaving the prince, her face subconsciously sank.

Shiwan didn't understand what she meant, and asked timidly: "Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince listened to your advice, isn't this good?" ”

"Even if I don't persuade him, sooner or later someone will persuade him." The crown princess shook her head, there was no joy on her face, and she said in a calm tone, "The conversation between my father and Aunt Daiguo is unknown to outsiders, and after the imperial grandmother revealed through Qiu Shuxia that Aunt Daiguo's family would be exiled to Qiongzhou, my father didn't react - in fact, this is waiting for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to intercede." ”

"Niangniang is worried that His Majesty will pity Her Royal Highness the Acting Princess? However, the slave maid thinks that Your Majesty hurts the most, or our Highness. ”

The crown princess hooked the corners of her lower lip sarcastically when she heard this: "Of course, the most painful thing for my father is His Royal Highness, are you waiting for His Royal Highness to intercede, is it for the sake of my aunt?" In the final analysis, isn't it to let His Highness leave a good reputation for repaying grievances with virtue? ”

If the eldest princess of the country has to go against the prince in the future, this incident alone is enough for her to fall into the handle of "revenge"!

She swept her gaze over the courtyard tree and continued, "And the King of Wei is also okay, with the affection of the father and the queen mother, as well as the favor of the king of Zhao, even if he is taken out, how can he be given an additional reward, even a hereditary title." Now that you haven't given anything, don't you plan to give it? It's just that it is intended to be left to His Highness...... I'll give it later! ”

Shi Wan nodded as if she didn't understand: "So, our Highness has nothing to worry about in the future, so why bother?" ”

She knew that the crown princess had poisoned the prince at the beginning, but in Shiwan's mind, Han Ji was dead, there was no proof of death, and the prince never suspected the princess. Even if she suspects it, the crown princess was forced to be helpless at that time, and she definitely did not deliberately murder her husband, even if the prince knew, in the face of the king of Zhongling County, would the prince still treat the princess?

During the summer vacation, when the guard Ji Xin deliberately let the tiger out of the cage with the intention of murdering the king of Zhongling County, the prince wanted to protect the eldest son, but he stood in front of his son without thinking about it - it shows how much the prince loves and attaches importance to the king of Zhongling County.

With such a son by her side, Shiwan feels that the current crown princess has nothing to worry about at all!

"Maybe I'm tired these days." The crown princess smiled bitterly in her heart, if it was just the prince, she was really not so worried: the prince was too well protected, the city government was limited, and she really couldn't play with herself!

The problem is, there is an emperor behind the crown prince!

These days, Empress Su, Princess Dai Guochang, Cui Guifei, King Wei, and King Zhao have ...... So many people have results, but they don't know what the emperor plans to do with her as the eldest daughter-in-law?

The crown princess felt uncomfortable every time she thought of this, but the emperor didn't know whether she forgot or didn't think about it, so she didn't mention it until now!

This made the crown princess more and more tormented.

It's just that this mood is not good to confide in people, even if it is a confidant like Shiwan - so she can only prevaricate casually, "How is Zhong Ling in the past two days?" Studying is important, filial piety cannot be abolished, Xuanming Palace is with His Royal Highness, when he is not so busy, he can be allowed to move around more. ”

On this afternoon, the prince went to Xuanming Palace in person to intercede on behalf of the eldest princess's family, and after considering the meaning of Emperor Xianjia, he agreed, but he was not at ease with this sister, so he decided to reduce the title of eldest princess to princess as a warning.

"According to the rules of this dynasty, the emperor's sister is the eldest princess, and the emperor's daughter is the princess." But when the news came out, the queen mother was furious, and summoned the emperor's father and son to scold her, "Dai Guo is obviously the emperor's sister, how can she be demoted to a princess?" Is this asking her to be in the same column as Changxing and Yushan in the future?! Daiguo has been pampered since she was a child, and it has made me very uncomfortable to demote her to Qiongzhou before, but now although she is kept in the imperial capital, she is going to be humiliated like this, doesn't the emperor want to force her to die? ! ”

The Queen Mother was already angry, and the more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became, and said, "In that case, my old bones don't dare to hinder the eyes of your father and son-"

As he spoke, he picked up the scissors used by the people in the palace on the desk to make needlework and poked them at his throat - Emperor Xianjia's father and son were shocked, and they hurriedly snatched the scissors, knelt down and pleaded guilty, and asked the Queen Mother to calm her anger one after another: "Since the queen mother does not allow it, this matter will be stopped!" ”

Qingxi Palace made a mess for a while, and after a while, the Queen Mother calmed down, and the palace dared to come forward and say: "The acting princess and the Marquis of Fuyang asked to see Your Majesty at the palace gate, and it has been some time, I don't know if Your Majesty will see it?" ”

Emperor Xianjia is coaxing his mother for his sister's affairs, how dare he refuse when he hears that his brother-in-law asks to see him?

Immediately commanded: "Spread quickly!" ”